Chromosome analys placenta at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$97.44

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$226.60

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$56.65 with DHR vs $1,146.10 with Blue Shield CA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $56.65 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $56.65 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.43 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $147.29 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $158.62 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $181.28 ↑ +86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
HPN Medicare|Senior $188.57 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $188.57 ↑ +94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $188.57 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $188.57 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $197.15 ↑ +102%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $203.94 ↑ +109%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $203.94 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $226.28 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Options PPO $226.28 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|HMO $226.28 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $226.28 ↑ +132%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.60 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $226.60 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $226.60 ↑ +133%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $226.60 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $226.60 ↑ +133%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $226.60 ↑ +133%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $226.60 ↑ +133%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $226.60 ↑ +133%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $226.60 ↑ +133%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $235.71 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $235.71 ↑ +142%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $235.71 ↑ +142%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $301.71 ↑ +210%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $339.90 ↑ +249%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $339.90 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $420.54 ↑ +332%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $420.54 ↑ +332%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $658.38 ↑ +576%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,146.10 ↑ +1076%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,146.10 ↑ +1076%

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Chromosome analys placenta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $84.07 $113.30 – $541.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.17 $113.30 – $541.88
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $129.39 $22.66 – $181.28
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $66.63 $47.59 – $226.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $116.70 $135.96 – $226.60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $71.15 $63.75 – $343.81
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $88.61 $124.63 – $1,146.10
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $73.88 $56.65 – $420.54

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